AND FINALLY.............

FRECKLES ~ ACRYLIC AND PEN ON 4X6 POSTCARD
PAULA ~ 2007

And finally,
the last but most certainly
not the least !!

This is Freckles,
her given name is
Francine but everyone in
the coop prefers "Freckles".
She's kind of shy,
she has a bit of a skin issue,
all those freckles have
brought her a lot of good hearted
teasing, alas she is a tender
and demure little chick and her
feelings get hurt easily.

I had a difficult time getting her
to agree to sit for the portrait,
and even then I had to keep getting
up from the easel to urge her back into
the room.........little sweetie that she is....

Anyone out there have advice for
boosting a chicks tender ego????

MEET JOHNSON

Johnson - Acrylic and pen on 4x6 postcard
Paula ~ 2007

This guy's name is Johnson.

He runs the yard.

Yeah, right.

No man ever runs the place !!!!

Tune in tomorrow for my
final installment
of
Chick-A Babes
On Parade !!!!

NESTOR ~ CHICKEN COOP MARTYR

Nestor ~ Acrylic on 4x6 postcard
Paula ~ 2007

I do have an entire coop of these little cuties !

Meet "Nestor".
Nestor is a homebody.
He likes to hang close to the nest and make sure
everyone has nice warm eggs.

While the chicks strut around the yard,
Nestor is the community martyr.....
"oh don't mind me, I don't mind missing out on all
the fun, I'll just stay home and keep the eggs warm"......"sigh"

Tune in tomorrow and meet yet another chicken coop celebrity !

And in the meantime, have a great day !

PUNKIE ~ ANOTHER ACRYLIC CHICK-A-BABE

PUNKIE
ACRYLIC ON 4X6 POSTCARD
PAULA ~ 2007

So have you figured out that I've got an entire
chicken coop of these little cuties ????????

Punkie likes to use a lot of that
spikey hair stuff......
I think she tends to get carried away
but hey, who am I to stand in the path
of great personal expression??

Happy Monday, all....

still asleep here, more later

DOTTIE THE ACRYLIC CHICK-A-BABE !!!

Dottie
Acrylic on 4x6 postcard
Paula ~ 2007

Meet Dottie, everyone!

She's a sweet Chick-A-Babe,
posted here today as my
tribute to Chewy

I don't know where Chewy
got that name
"Chick-A-Babe"
but I just adore it and her
art is something to admire as
well.

Today is Friday !
I hope to eat well,
drink in moderation,
have a kittie-nap,
and paint up a storm
this weekend !!!

P.S. I nearly forgot! I've
been joking about seeing the lizards
in my yard having sex. I really do have
better things to do, but I've been thinking a lot
about Kim's writing on the "slow life" so
I sit on my patio where life goes slooooow, which
means I see lizards having sex ~ I kid you not!
Well this morning there was a little baby lizard and
I'm betting there are more !!
I hope to get a photo.......isn't that too cool !

Have a great weekend. And hurry back !!

PICNIC SALAD A LA ACRYLIC ON POSTCARD

4X6 Acrylic and Ink on Postcard
Paula - 2007

This was the first recipe my son would make when he was around 5 years old.

I would measure it all and he would do the dumping and stirring......

his big delight was that salad spelled backwards is "dalas". His name is Dallas.

Make some salad and have a fun memory today.

DOG DAYS OF SUMMER

Paula - 2007

Everyone must be consumed by summer activities !

Where are you ????

What's up?

AFTER THE MASTERS

For Pierre Delattre
Paula - 2007

I read somewhere that when the great masters trained their
students, that they would have the student copy one of
their paintings and it would be called "for Vermeer", or whomever
the master was......

There is an artist in Taos that I just love.

Pierre Delattre..........

His work is so full of joy and life.
I studied a very small corner of one of
his paintings and made this postcard painting from
what I saw. It was a fun process and I learned a lot
about my own style. Obviously I would NEVER copy
someone's work to sell .......

As I worked away on my little experiment, I thought about
Pierre and what he might have been thinking as he created
his paintings, where his inspiration came from, how he arrives
at his choices for color, is his life as joy-filled as his paintings,
does he only dream of such relationship
or is his life really like his work,
........good questions I will certainly ask
him the next time I'm in Taos !!!!

I encourage you to really look at those master's
works and attempt to learn from them.

Garden Art !!!!!!!!!!!!

Paula's Garden Gayfeathers
Paula ~ 2008

So I've determined that yes,
gardening is ART !!

Oh heck, you all know
me by now.....

To me EVERYTHING
is art !

These Gayfeathers were
planted last year and they looked
just horrible.....on death's door,
so to speak.

I'm sure glad I didn't dig them up
as my husband suggested because
this year they are just simply
beautiful ! And to think this is just
their first full season in my garden.
Imagine how they'll look when they are
established and BIGGER !!!!!!

!!! WOW !!!

FUNKY EGGPLANTS - ACRYLIC ON CANVAS

You might recall,
this is the first one.....

and here are the next two.............

I'd been working on both of these for some time now
and finally had an extended period of time
to finish up. I've used Golden
Matte Acrylic, and just love it.
This paint provides a beautiful Matte Finish.......
It reminds me a lot of gouache and egg tempera.
Lovely finish.

That yellow really photographed kind 0f harsh
it is really more of a soft Yellow Ocher

I had a great 4th of July holiday here in the
Great American Southwest

How about you??????

What have you been up the these past
few days????

TAKE A BREAK AND HAVE SOME FUN !!!

Audrey On Her Favorite Perch
Paula ~ 2008

Meet Audrey
incorrigible toddler kitty

Her favorite pass time is
playing on, in, under and
around her box

I'm going to take a few days
off from blogging and my
day job
to enjoy the 4th of July
holiday

I'll be painting up a storm and
hopefully I'll have
show and tell
when I return

Have fun and
MISS ME !!!!!